House Energy and Commerce - Postpartum Depression Research - 197884-1-DVD - House Energy and Commerce Committee. Subcommittee on Health. Witnesses testified about proposed legislation, H.R. 20, The Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act. Topics included funding research, diagnosing post-partum depression, causes and 'triggers,' varieties of treatment, statistics of post-partum depression, and depression after miscarriages and abortion procedures. The legislation is named for Melanie Blocker-Stokes, who suffered from post-partum depression and committed suicide five months after childbirth. Her mother testified. Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information, see